The Robe (film)

The Robe
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henry Koster
Screenplay by	Gina Kaus (adaptation) Albert Maltz Philip Dunne
Based on	The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Produced by	Frank Ross
Starring	Richard Burton Jean Simmons Victor Mature Michael Rennie Jay Robinson Dean Jagger Torin Thatcher Richard Boone Betta St. John Jeff Morrow Ernest Thesiger Dawn Addams Leon Askin
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Music by	Alfred Newman
Color process	Technicolor
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	September 16, 1953 (1953-09-16) (Premiere) September 17, 1953 (1953-09-17) (New York City opening)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.1 million[1] – $4.6 million[2]
Box office	$36 million (United States)[3]

The Robe is a 1953 American fictional Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that is responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus. The film was released by 20th Century Fox and was the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope.^[4] Like other early CinemaScope films, The Robe was shot with Henri Chrétien's original Hypergonar anamorphic lenses.

The film was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Frank Ross. The screenplay was adapted from Lloyd C. Douglas's 1942 novel by Gina Kaus, Albert Maltz, and Philip Dunne—although Maltz's place among the blacklisted Hollywood 10 led to his being denied his writing credit for many years. The score was composed by Alfred Newman, and the cinematography was by Leon Shamroy. The film stars Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature and Michael Rennie, and co-stars Jay Robinson, Dean Jagger, Torin Thatcher, Richard Boone, Betta St. John, Jeff Morrow, Ernest Thesiger, and others.

A sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), continues from where The Robe ends.^[5]